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Mason is a notorious black hat hacker. In the past he has hacked both the Pentagon and the NSA. The CIA computer guys call him the Kobayashi Maru which is a reference to an unbeatable exercise in Star Trek.

He was recruited by Marcus Starke to steal a valuable WWII Painting. After Starke's crew's job intersects with Nathan Ford's team he spars with Alec Hardison with both using their hacker skills to stymie the other with Chaos briefly gaining the upper hand. Later it was revealed he attempted to eliminate Sophie Devereaux by planting a bomb in a bouquet of flowers due to Sophie's notorious reputation, and eliminate Starke with a car bomb.

He was seen attempting to leave the country, to Paris, but was stopped by airport security who found stolen paintings (planted by Hardison) in his luggage. He was arrested, and incarcerated to federal prison, but escaped sometime in 2010.

He returned in The Last Dam Job, where the marks were ready for Hardison's hacking techniques. Mason was deliberately hired by the Leverage team because the history of mistrust between him and them. He didn't get along with Archie Leach, Eliot Spencer or Hardison.

He has a crush on Parker. In The Ho Ho Ho Job he makes suggestive comments about how "yummy" she looked in her elf costume. In the Last Dam Job he again hits on her in front of Hardison and her father figure Archie Leach.